the idea

I propose on creating a video with complex (keeping in mind that I possess very limited capabilities in this field, after all, I am not an IMD student) editing skills. I am planning to learn these skills by watching a range of tutorials online in the form of videos as well as in written form hoping to actually get the gist of it all. This video aims to inform its audience of the fact that all-female rock bands have existed as early as the 60s. Most people would have probably thought that they had only begun their existence in the 80s, which is not true. This video will be in black and white to act as a, sort--of--visual cue to indicate that this is about something old. This would be an advantage especially in the case where a potential audience only starts watching it halfway into the video as they would know nothing about it, but due to this visual cue, they would at least know something. Apart from this, the girls who will be acting in this video will be wearing costumes from the particular timeframe, with hairstyles and props that will also give hints to the audience. The unique thing about this proposed video is that it will look like it is old due to its black and white state, or --for the sake of sounding professional--due to the Mise-en-scène, but at the same time, it will look current as the overlays will be in color. The video, as a whole, combines old and new visual styles so it would be interesting to watch, along with the fact that it actually has a message. Therefore it is both entertaining as well as informative. I have already showed what the visual styles are going to look like through my inspiration videos on my previous posts. To add, as far as how I am clearly going to indicate that it is an informative video, I think it would be interesting to make it in the style of those classic instructional videos. If you're not sure about what I actually mean... it's these kind of videos:

Trying to start my effort in doing some research about how I will get around applying a similar kind of effect to the video inspirations I've shared in the blog earlier. The first step is obvious--Googling it. I did ask Mr. Ben about what key words to actually use when I come to the point of looking for tutorial videos for these particular styles of 'overlaying' - which I wrote on a piece of paper somewhere (I hate it when I forget my sketchbook on important days). But I do remember him telling me to look up how to properly film with a green screen and editing them out when I come to the post-production stage of the film process. Apart from this, I also seem to remember him mentioning the term  'Colorisation'. Below are some videos that I think are useful for my learning process for this proposed video:

That's all I've got so far. As far as in written form. I found these, which are actually useful. Don't laugh.

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"As movies move further into the digital realm, the job of animating the lightsabers gets slightly easier, but not much. In a digital world, each frame of the movie is scanned into a computer at extremely high resolution so that each frame can be manipulated on a computer screen. To make the lightsabers look real, the special effects artist looks at each frame on the computer screen, outlines the broomsticks, colors the areas and diffuses them (frame by frame by frame...). Instead of being done on a plastic cel, it is all done on separate "cels" in the computer's memory and then merged digitally. However, there is no way to get around the fact that the animator must look at each frame and outline the lightsaber blades one by one."

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Framing/Filming Visual References:
WES ANDERSON


http://youtu.be/gYMfEKELveQ
(THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Featurette: "Creating a Hotel")

http://youtu.be/7wTcFeSYQ18
(Mise En Scène & The Visual Themes of Wes Anderson)

http://www.123inspiration.com/centered-an-exploration-of-wes-andersons-symmetrical-film-styling/
(Centered, An Exploration Of Wes Anderson’s Symmetrical Film Styling)




Stocks I may want to use:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unPzw8qSu0E
(TV White Noise Sound Effect)



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkyZuUNQRNc
http://youtu.be/i-Yys0rhPNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDR3hSeQ8pk





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      the idea

I propose on creating a video with complex (keeping in mind that I possess very limited capabilities in this field, after all, I am not an IMD student) editing skills. I am planning to learn these skills by watching a range of tutorials online in the form of videos as well as in written form hoping to actually get the gist of it all. This video aims to inform its audience of the fact that all-female rock bands have existed as early as the 60s. Most people would have probably thought that they had only begun their existence in the 80s, which is not true. This video will be in black and white to act as a, sort--of--visual cue to indicate that this is about something old. This would be an advantage especially in the case where a potential audience only starts watching it halfway into the video as they would know nothing about it, but due to this visual cue, they would at least know something. Apart from this, the girls who will be acting in this video will be wearing costumes from the particular timeframe, with hairstyles and props that will also give hints to the audience. The unique thing about this proposed video is that it will look like it is old due to its black and white state, or --for the sake of sounding professional--due to the Mise-en-scène, but at the same time, it will look current as the overlays will be in color. The video, as a whole, combines old and new visual styles so it would be interesting to watch, along with the fact that it actually has a message. Therefore it is both entertaining as well as informative. I have already showed what the visual styles are going to look like through my inspiration videos on my previous posts. To add, as far as how I am clearly going to indicate that it is an informative video, I think it would be interesting to make it in the style of those classic instructional videos. If you're not sure about what I actually mean... it's these kind of videos:

Trying to start my effort in doing some research about how I will get around applying a similar kind of effect to the video inspirations I've shared in the blog earlier. The first step is obvious--Googling it. I did ask Mr. Ben about what key words to actually use when I come to the point of looking for tutorial videos for these particular styles of 'overlaying' - which I wrote on a piece of paper somewhere (I hate it when I forget my sketchbook on important days). But I do remember him telling me to look up how to properly film with a green screen and editing them out when I come to the post-production stage of the film process. Apart from this, I also seem to remember him mentioning the term  'Colorisation'. Below are some videos that I think are useful for my learning process for this proposed video:

That's all I've got so far. As far as in written form. I found these, which are actually useful. Don't laugh.

+

"As movies move further into the digital realm, the job of animating the lightsabers gets slightly easier, but not much. In a digital world, each frame of the movie is scanned into a computer at extremely high resolution so that each frame can be manipulated on a computer screen. To make the lightsabers look real, the special effects artist looks at each frame on the computer screen, outlines the broomsticks, colors the areas and diffuses them (frame by frame by frame...). Instead of being done on a plastic cel, it is all done on separate "cels" in the computer's memory and then merged digitally. However, there is no way to get around the fact that the animator must look at each frame and outline the lightsaber blades one by one."

---------


Framing/Filming Visual References:
WES ANDERSON


http://youtu.be/gYMfEKELveQ
(THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Featurette: "Creating a Hotel")

http://youtu.be/7wTcFeSYQ18
(Mise En Scène & The Visual Themes of Wes Anderson)

http://www.123inspiration.com/centered-an-exploration-of-wes-andersons-symmetrical-film-styling/
(Centered, An Exploration Of Wes Anderson’s Symmetrical Film Styling)




Stocks I may want to use:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unPzw8qSu0E
(TV White Noise Sound Effect)



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkyZuUNQRNc
http://youtu.be/i-Yys0rhPNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDR3hSeQ8pk





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